epic acts of violence and crazy
parties. One minute it’ll be a placid
afternoon, people hanging out,
doing their thing, and next thing
you know there’s a cop car chasing
gangsters, flying through the
streets, a gun battle going off,
helicopters circling overhead. Then,
ten minutes later, it’s like it never
happened—everyone’s back to
hanging out, back to the hustle,
coming and going, running around.
Alex is laid out on a grid, a
series of avenues. The streets are
paved, but the sidewalks are mostly
dirt. The color scheme is cinder
block and corrugated iron, gray and